Sentence examples for divided committee from inspiring English sources

The white paper was the work of a "deeply divided committee" - the cabinet - he said.

THE Democratic majority in the House is trying to set policy for the Iraq war by committee — a fractious and divided committee.

Instead, the government has treated the votes of a highly divided committee as a consensus, when it is nothing of the kind.

A measure legalizing such unions passed in the State House this month, and it now goes before the Senate, where a divided committee is scheduled to vote on Tuesday.

There were hints that some members of the divided committee are comfortable with beginning to ease the Fed's program of buying $85 billion a month in government bonds and mortgage securities as soon as their next meeting in mid-September.

Mr. Specter will be the pivotal figure as he tries to manage his bitterly divided committee. 1 U.S. Secrecy on the Rise Government secrecy has reached a historic high, with federal departments classifying documents at the rate of 125 a minute as they create new categories of semi-secrets bearing vague labels like "sensitive security information".

But the agreement is calibrated to try to avoid the kind of deadlock that can doom a bill or nomination in evenly divided committees, which is a point Republicans pressed.

(Awards were divided between committee awards and people's choice awards, so names popped up repeatedly).

The Senate Intelligence Committee's study of the interrogation program has divided the committee, with Republicans declining to take part.

The restoration has divided the committee between those who believe the painting is now too bright and those who regard the cleaning as moderate.

WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Gina McCarthy to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.